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When The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia heard the finished tape of The Jefferson Airplane's newest album, he remarked "Sounds like a surrealistic pillow," and the album's name was born.
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In 1964, Ed Cobb of The Four Preps wrote a song called "Tainted Love" as a ballad for a singer named Gloria Jones. Eighteen years later, the Techno-pop duo, Soft Cell, took a synthesized version of it to #8 on the Hot 100.
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Early in his career, Bill Haley was billed as "the Ramblin' Yodeler."
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The 1969 LP "Abby Road" features the only original UK Beatles album sleeve to show neither the artist name nor the album title on its front cover.
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Roy Orbison's million selling, #2 hit, "Only The Lonely" was rejected by both Elvis Presley and The Everly Brothers.
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The first song known to have used a multi-track recording technique was "How High the Moon" by Les Paul in 1951.
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Steven Tyler of Aerosmith will not allow anyone to refer to him as Steve.
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When Paul McCartney and John Lennon first played "She Loves You" for Paul's dad, he said "That's very nice son, but there's enough of these Americanisms around. Couldn't you sing "She loves you, yes, yes, yes!".
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In early 1967, Elvis Presley bought a 163 acre Mississippi ranch he dubbed The Circle G for $300,000. One of the horses he bought for the ranch was a mare that he named after William B. Ingram, who was the mayor of Memphis at the time. He called her Mare Ingram.
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In contrast to The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", which took 129 days to record, Paul McCartney's first album with Wings, "Wild Life", was recorded in just over a week, with five of the eight tracks being first takes.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day When The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia heard the finished tape of The Jefferson Airplane's newest album, he remarked "Sounds like a surrealistic pillow," and the album's name was born. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day In 1964, Ed Cobb of The Four Preps wrote a song called "Tainted Love" as a ballad for a singer named Gloria Jones. Eighteen years later, the Techno-pop duo, Soft Cell, took a synthesized version of it to #8 on the Hot 100. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day Early in his career, Bill Haley was billed as "the Ramblin' Yodeler." #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day The 1969 LP "Abby Road" features the only original UK Beatles album sleeve to show neither the artist name nor the album title on its front cover. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day Roy Orbison's million selling, #2 hit, "Only The Lonely" was rejected by both Elvis Presley and The Everly Brothers. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day The first song known to have used a multi-track recording technique was "How High the Moon" by Les Paul in 1951. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day Steven Tyler of Aerosmith will not allow anyone to refer to him as Steve. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day When Paul McCartney and John Lennon first played "She Loves You" for Paul's dad, he said "That's very nice son, but there's enough of these Americanisms around. Couldn't you sing "She loves you, yes, yes, yes!". #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day In early 1967, Elvis Presley bought a 163 acre Mississippi ranch he dubbed The Circle G for $300,000. One of the horses he bought for the ranch was a mare that he named after William B. Ingram, who was the mayor of Memphis at the time. He called her Mare Ingram. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day In contrast to The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", which took 129 days to record, Paul McCartney's first album with Wings, "Wild Life", was recorded in just over a week, with five of the eight tracks being first takes. #RockTrivia
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